Umbrella carrier



Dec. 23, 1924. v

H. P. NELSON UMBRELLA CARRIER F'-led June 27, 1924 .fill/1111.

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Patented Bec. 23, i924.

l.. T E S HANS P. NELSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

UMB RELLA CARRIER.

Application led .Tune 27, 1924. Serial No. 722,770.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HANS P. NELSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Umbrella Carriers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to carriers for umbrellas, parasols, canes and the like, and has for its object to provide an improved, simplified and adjustable means for holding an article of this kind on the arm or hand in a secure manner so that the danger of accidental losses will be materially reduced.

The main object of the invention is to provide a looped strap to be attached to the handle of 'an umbrella, parasol or cane and adapted to be readily adjusted in size to fit snugly around the arm or hand of the person carrying the same. This adjustment may be quickly made after the hand or arm has been inserted into the loop, and if it is not desired to use said loop, it can be easily reduced to such small size that it will be hardly discernible and the greater part of the strap forming said loop stored out of sight within the body of the folded umbrella or parasol.

The invention will be first hereinafter described in connection with the accompanying drawings, which constitute part of this specification, and then more specifically defined in the claims at the end of thel description.

In the accompanying drawings wherein similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding characters throughout the several views Figure l is a broken elevation of the handle portion of a parasol or umbrella showing an adjustable carrier loop applied thereto substantially in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a section on the line II-II of Figure l, and

Figure 3 is a side view of a modified form of adjustable loop carrier adapted to be applied to the handle of an umbrella, parasol or cane in substantially the same manner as the form shown in Figures l and 2.

Referring first to Figures l and 2 of the drawings, 1 designates the handle of an umbrella or parasol and 2 the central stick thereof, the body or cover of said umbrella or parasol not being shown. The adjustable carrier loop constituting the present invention constitutes a strap 3 of leather or other I turned downward again forming the loop 6.

A ring of leather or other suitable. material is tacked at 8 or otherwise suitably secured around the lower end portion of the handle l and has its extremities terminating at opposite sides of the fixed end of the strap 3 which is secured to the handle by the tacks 5, as best shown in Figure 2. j

A retaining loop 9 ofleather or other suitable material is securedto the lower end portion of the handle lwby tacks l0 or other suitable means driven through the end portionsvof said loop `and the end portions of the bank 7 into the handle l, see Figure 2. Said retaining loop 9 embraces the fixed end of the strap 3 and isof suflicient size to permit the folded portion of said strap at the other side of the loop 6 to pass snugly through the same, so that when said movable outer portion of the looped strapis adjusted in said retaining loop 9 it will be frictionally held to its adjusted position to a sufcient extent to retain the loop tightly around the arm or hand of the owner.

In use, the owner inserts hisor her hand or arm through the loop 6 and then tightens said loop around the fingers or arm by pulling on the free end 1l of the strap 3 which extends below the retaining loop 9, Figure l. Said free end ll of the strap may be equipped with a tassel l2 or any other suitable obstruction which will prevent said free end from being withdrawn upwardly from the retaining loop 9. When thevloop 6 is thus tightened about the hand or arni, the danger of the umbrella or parasol being accidently lost or falling off is reduced to a minimum. The frictional contact between the movable outer portion of the looped strap 3 and the leather retaining loop 9, as well as the frictional Contact between said movable portion of the strap and the head of the tack 5 which secured the fixed end of said strap 3 to the handle l insures the proper retention of the loop in adjusted position.

Instead of having one end of the looped strap permanently secured or fixed to the handle of the umbrella, parasol or cane, both ends of said looped strap may be extended through the retaining loop 9 of the band 7, as shown in Figure 3 in which the looped strap is indicated at 13 as having both of its end portions 14 equipped with knobs 15 to prevent them from being drawn upward through said retaining loop 9. .'In this form of the invention, the loop 13 may be adjusted by pulling down on either one or both of the free extremities 14 thereof, and the bight of the loop will prevent said strap from being disengaged from the retaining loop 7 on the downward adjustment.

I do not limit myself or conline myself to the above particulars, but consider it within my right to make such changes and alterations as will probably come within the scope, or intent and means of' the article described and claimed herein.

I claim:

1. rIhe combination with a retaining loop to be secured to the handle of an umbrella or the like, of a looped strap passed snugly through said retaining loop and adjustable frictionally therein for the purpose specified.

2. The combination with a retaining loop to be secured to the handle of' an umbrella or the like, of a strap passed snugly through said retaining loop and adjustable frictionally therein for the purpose specified, one end of said strap being fixed to said handle.

8. The combination with a retaining loop to be secured to the handle of an umbrella or the like, of a looped strap passed snugly through said retaining loopand adjustable rictionally therein for the purpose speciiied, one end of said strap being ixed to said handle within Said retaining loop.

4. The combination with a retaining loop to be secured to the handle of an umbrella or the like, of a looped strap passed snugly through said retaining` loop and adjustable frictionally therein for the purpose specilied, one end of said strap being fixed to said handle within said retaining loop, there being a ring secured around the handle with its extremities secured below the ends of said retaining loop at the sides of said fixed end of the looped strap.

The combination with a retaining loop of flexible material to besecured to the handle of an umbrella or the like, of a loope-d strap passed snugly through said retaining loop and adjustable frictionally therein :for the purpose specified.

6. The combination with a retaining loop to be secured to the handle of an umbrella or the like, of a looped strap passed snugly through said retaining loop and adjustable frictionally therein for the purpose specilied, one end of said strap being fixed to said handle within said retaining loop by a tack having its head arranged in said retaining loop and adapted to rictionally engage the movable portion of said looped strap for the purpose specified.

7. The combination with a retaining loop to be secured to the handle of an umbrella or the like,y oi a looped strap passed snugly through said retaining loop and adjustable frictionally therein for the purpose specified, one end of' said strap being lixed to said handle, and anr abutment on the free end of said strap to prevent it from passing upwardly through said retaining loop.

In testimony whereof` I have signed my name to this specification.

HANS P. NELSON. 

